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Acquittal Cannot Be Reversed Unless Trial Courts View Is Perverse or Impossible: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has reiterated that an appellate court cannot reverse a judgment of acquittal merely because it prefers a different appreciation of the evidence. Before overturning an acquittal, the appellate court must find that the view taken by the trial court is perverse or impossible on the evidence on record, the Court held.The Court restored a husband's (appellant) acquittal in a...